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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

eat away at en · VERB

Etymology

From eat away + at.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To erode.
    • The river is eating away at the river bank.
    • The battery acid ate away at the metal until a large hole appeared.
  2. (transitive) To consume or use up, erode or wear away gradually.
    • The expenses ate away at our profits.
  3. (transitive) To cause to feel uneasy, troubled, worried, guilty, or vexed; to bother about something.
    • Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ate away at Tense=Past lexicographic
eaten away at Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eating away at Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eats away at Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

devour

Translations (17)

pl wyżreć (to erode) · pl nadżerać (to erode) · pl zeżreć (to bother about something) · pl przegryźć (to erode) · pl jeść (to erode) · pl pochłaniać (to consume or use up) · pl nadeżreć (to erode) · pl wyżerać (to erode) · pl korodować (to erode) · pl skorodować (to erode) · pl żłobić (to erode) · pl przeżerać (to erode) · pl zjeść (to erode) · pl przeżreć (to erode) · pl zżerać (to bother about something) · pl przegryzać (to erode) · pl pochłonąć (to consume or use up)